Business continuity is vital to business success, and in today's interconnected world, virtually every aspect of a company's operation is vulnerable to disruption. Some risks could take your business offline for days, but in a competitive environment, even minutes of downtime could prove fatal. So, how do you determine the...

Analyst Mike Ferguson of Intelligent Business Strategies writes about the enhanced role of transactional DBMS systems in today's world of Big Data. Learn more about how Big Data provides richer transactional data and how that data is captured and analyzed to meet tomorrow’s business needs. Access the report now.

This white paper discusses the concept of shared data scale-out clusters, as well as how they deliver continuous availability and why they are important for delivering scalable transaction processing support. It also contrasts this approach, taken in a relational database context, with clustering approaches employed by NoSQL databases and Hadoop...

This paper explores the implications of cloud, big data and analytics, mobile, social business and the evolving IT security landscape on data center and enterprise networks and the changes that organizations will need to make in order to capitalize on these technology force.

What truly affects the cost of a data breach? Ponemon Institute’s latest study of 350 organizations around the globe details both the cost and impact of data breaches, with breakdowns by industry and in the United States.

What truly affects the cost of a data breach? Ponemon Institute’s latest study of 350 organizations around the globe details both the cost and impact of data breaches, with breakdowns by industry and country.

The Internet of Things is driven by consumer demand for new services and convenience, as well as by the availability of low cost sensors smart phones, and universal internet access, offering tremendous growth opportunities and new revenue streams. New technologies can enable you to take advantage of this new natural...

Mobility has forever transformed the way we work, communicate and socialize. Originating as a consumer-centric phenomena, mobility bene- fits have compelled organizations to rapidly adopt it as a way to boost employee productivity and customer engagement. This paper discusses the unique risks associated with mobile devices and the capabilities enterprises...

How can I help my organisation create better customer experiences? The answer seems straightforward – spend less on infrastructure maintenance and more on innovative customer engagement via cloud, analytics and mobile applications. But what does that actually involve? Is undergoing such a massive shift worth it? And how...

This white paper is written for SAP customers evaluating their infrastructure choices, discussing database technology evolution and options available. It is not easy to put forth a black-and-white choice as the SAP workloads straddle both real-time analytics and extreme transaction processing, and infrastructure choices can now be vast, given technology...

This white paper discusses the concept of shared data scale-out clusters, as well as how they deliver continuous availability and why they are important for delivering scalable transaction processing support. It also contrasts this approach, taken in a relational database context, with clustering approaches employed by NoSQL databases and Hadoop...

Spark is a next-generation framework for large-scale, in-memory distributed data processing, with greater performance and easier to use APIs compared to most big data solutions. Spark also comes with a stream processing framework called Spark Streaming, which uses a micro-batch concept to process streaming data in near-real-time. During this...

Begin your journey toward becoming a cognitive enterprise and start gaining unprecedented value from your own data. Watson Explorer reduces unnecessary research time and allows enterprises to work smarter and faster. Read this brochure to learn how Watson Explorer combines content and data with cognitive computing capabilities to help your...

Learn how to combat insider threats in the wake of the changing threat landscape. This quarterly report covers topics around: New types of internal, or "insider" threats; Inadvertent insiders falling victim to malware through spam; Identity and access management's role in mitigating insider threats

Play this fun and simple tile matching game for a quick crash course on how to prevent, detect, and respond to advanced threats. Pick up some facts from IBM X-Force and the Ponemon Institute, and learn how the IBM Threat Protection System is fueling powerful competitive advantage without sitting through...

This white paper explains how organizations can use behavior-based protection strategies to help disrupt malicious attacks in real time. It looks at how integrated, intelligent solutions from IBM can detect and help prevent threats - from the network perimeter to remote endpoints.

This IBM-commissioned profile of US enterprise IT security professionals evaluates the market’s readiness for Zero Trust concepts and technologies, based on Forrester’s own market data and a custom study of the same audience.

Good information governance in a hybrid cloud environment requires a solid foundation of process, organizational and technical enablers. This e-book focuses on better understanding your data, including using metadata to help business and IT teams collaborate and building confidence in data.

As the power of big data and analytics profoundly alters the business landscape it will take extra executive horsepower to navigate new organizational hazards, make tough trade-offs and muster authority. Emerging roles like the chief data officer and the chief analytics officer are helping companies to bridge the trust gap...

This e-book describes how a data refinery can make trusted data available quickly and easily to people and systems across your organization. It includes simple steps you can take to start exploring - and implementing - this strategy for handling the challenges of hybrid data environments.

In this age of exploding data volumes and rapidly changing technologies, gaining control of data in any environment is difficult. The challenge is compounded when cloud environments create or move data beyond the reaches of traditional protections, such as firewalls, which have played a central role in our security strategy...

Charting a governance strategy for a hybrid cloud environment is not something to consider at a future date. It needs to happen now. With strong information governance foundations organizations will have the flexibility to move with speed and confidence.

It is not enough to simply pull data on premises and prepare it for analysis. Instead, a combination of on premises and cloud based integration practices and technologies is necessary in a hybrid world. Integrate and govern on premises data with on premises technologies, integrate and govern cloud based data...

An organization must be able to manage its supply chain of information, and then integrate and analyze it to make business decisions. Unlike a traditional supply chain, an information supply chain has a many-to-many relationship. Given this complexity, the ability to prepare, maintain, and monitor these data quality attributes is...

An organization may have hundreds or even thousands of different systems. Information can come from many places — such as transactions, operational, document repositories and external information sources — and in many formats, including data, content and streaming information. Lost, inaccurate or incomplete information also can generate high costs and...

People, process and technology: Keys to successful information governance The good news is that many information quality problems are avoidable. Root causes can typically be traced back to a missed communication or overlooked activity. Perhaps an incomplete impact analysis failed to discover the downstream impact of a business process change,...

When should you implement integration governance? According to this Gartner research note you should start now if you are an IT professional considering an initiative like MDM e-discovery information archiving or cloud migration.The need for governance is prompted by a combination of massive data growth litigation new data types scrutiny...

In October 2014, Forrester Consulting worked with IBM on a commissioned study to analyze the total economic impact that IBM’s Information Management solutions have on three specific big data use cases to help its customers solve important business problems.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:00 PM EDT / 10:00 PM PDT Duration: 30-Minutes As the volume, variety and velocity of information increases, a larger burden is placed on organizations to distribute the right information, at the right time, to the people, processes and applications that rely on it to...

Mobile device Management was just the beginning of the enterprise journey towards complete mobility. Learn why enterprise mobility management is now needed for all devices and data for work. Read More..

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:00 PM EDT / 10:00 PM PDT Duration: 30-Minutes As the volume, variety and velocity of information increases, a larger burden is placed on organizations to distribute the right information, at the right time, to the people, processes and applications that rely on it to...

On a Smarter Planet, information-centric processes are exploding in growth. In order to excel in today’s competitive environment, businesses need to support these processes, and efficiently manage the massive volumes of data they drive, with minimal risk. The mainframe has always been the IT industry's leading platform for transaction processing,...

This IDC Reports looks at how System Z, IBM’s mainframe environment, is used by enterprises to handle large volumes of critical data in a highly secure, available environment. Today, many of the applications and services on these environments are backoffice environments with green-screen interfaces, but as mobile becomes an increasingly...

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:00 PM EDT / 10:00 PM PDT Duration: 30-Minutes As the volume, variety and velocity of information increases, a larger burden is placed on organizations to distribute the right information, at the right time, to the people, processes and applications that rely on it to...

The need for IT to evolve beyond virtualization and embrace software defined data center models has never been greater. Many organizations are reacting to shifts in business requirements and customer demands by embracing cloud, mobile, social, and analytics technologies. However, incorporating these new models into traditional processes marks a...

This report explores that security in a fast-paced technology-infused world cries for an “invest once and deploy everywhere” approach. For this to be realized, security must be planned in advance and built-in, yet still be fluidly adaptable to circumstances, and singularly controllable.

This report explores how with the right partner, enterprises can ensure that their Big Data workloads perform consistently, securely, and cost effectively while delivering to a line-of-business colleagues’ need for on-demand, real-time analytics to make smart business decisions.

This report explores that by choosing the right PaaS, an IT organization can align development and operations resources, ensuring that applications are deployed quickly, cost-effectively, and error-free.

Cloud computing has become a business-critical issue, and organisations must take a methodical approach if they are to get the business benefits they have been told—and sold—to expect.
This Report will take you through a 5 step approach to get the most out of your cloud.

Customers are using mobile devices – and multiple channels – to connect with companies, and many organizations scrambling to keep up. Some are gaining a significant advantage by moving mobile analytics and development to the cloud for both content and peripheral services. That's because cloud-enabled software as a service (SaaS)...

This report explores that by choosing the right PaaS, an IT organization can align development and operations resources, ensuring that applications are deployed quickly, cost-effectively, and error-free.

This report explores that security in a fast-paced technology-infused world cries for an “invest once and deploy everywhere” approach. For this to be realized, security must be planned in advance and built-in, yet still be fluidly adaptable to circumstances, and singularly controllable.

Security is really about access; today’s work demands access to anything from anywhere on any device. Learn how to securely let employees share, edit and distribute work data across iOS, Android and Windows.

The Ponemon institute recently interviewed Fortune 500 companies down to the mid-market to find "The State of Mobile Application Insecurity." Sponsored by IBM, the paper explores why security is being left behind or completely out of app development.

IT is set to be the great enabler of the lightweight application revolution, first though they need to learn how the new paradigm of multiple operating systems across all devices requires a new more open management mindset.

Mobile device Management was just the beginning of enterprise security needs for iOS, Android, Windows and the ever expanding universe of devices. Data, Apps and access are what will send businesses into a new galaxy of great performance. Get there at safely light-speed with Enterprise Mobility Management.

Hacktavists have made the move to mobile. Malware, phishing and network attacks are now as likely to strike smartphones and tablets like any other system. Mobile Threat Management is now needed to stay ahead of new vectors of vicious intent.

Federal: This white paper reviews requirements from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) about Mobile Device security for usage in Federal affairs.

Tired of hearing all the ways you need to go “mobile” and all the ”things” it can do for your business. Don’t buy the hype, here’s a list of perfectly valid reasons fast and secure mobile deployment and management is a bunch of hullabaloo and poppycock.

Mobile productivity necessitates instant and easy access to retrieve, edit, share and send corporate data from anywhere. Making sure that data can keep pace with every new user, device, operating system and app requires a move away from unsecured consumer class cloud collaboration.

Bring Your Own Device has changed the rules for corporate security on smartphones and tablets. Companies need to find the right balance in securing devices and data without sacrificing the intuitive native experience that has made business move from typing to swiping.

End users are demanding their own devices in the workplace, making IT the shepherds of a potentially unruly flock. The good news is IT can embrace BYOD with security and confidence given the right preparation and technology.

There's an app for every “that,” but are they secure? Mobile Application Lifecycle Management (MALM) is the key to ensuring the protection of apps and associated data by integrating security throughout the end to end process.

Volume III: Now that you know the app management basics, it’s time to learn not all apps are developed equally. Nor should they be; learn the layered security options for apps based on the privacy of data passing through them.

In this session, our guest speaker James McQuivey author of the book "Digital Disruption", will explain how every role in every company can - and must - join the disruption that's happening all around them. Thanks to digital, disruption is cheaper, easier and more powerful than ever before. Nicole Carrier,...

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